Fitzsimmons Law Firm is proud to announce that Bob Fitzsimmons has been selected for inclusion in the 25th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Bob was selected in the areas of plaintiffs’ personal injury and insurance law. Bob has been selected numerous times for this award and was named the Morgantown Best Lawyers Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs’ Lawyer of the Year for 2012. Over the past 35 years, Bob has established himself as one of the premiere personal injury and plaintiff’s lawyer in West Virginia and beyond. Bob has tried to verdict more than 150 trials and has helped secure nearly $1 Billion in verdicts and settlements for his clients. As a result of his success, Bob was previously named as one of the best 75 Plaintiff’s Lawyers in the United States. 
In addition to practicing law, Bob is actively involved in the research and study of brain injuries and concussions. After defeating the NFL in the first claim to establish the causative link between repetitive head trauma in football and concussions, Bob co-founded the Brain Injury Research (BIRI) which is centered at NorthShore University Hospitals. He is currently a Co-Director at BIRI and has co-authored several peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on brain injuries and concussions.
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